Rats, silat complaint, from which Iand Just now, if not elsewhere, Football i suffering in Oni lack of brains behind the play. Mr. 'Adrian Stoop, president of the English Rugby Unfon, has some very strong views about the lazy player who "ambles around Saturday' afte Saturday for the benefit of his health and figure,"
But surely it is mental laziness to play. without applying' one's brain to the question of tactics. As matter of fact, Rugby football Tends itself more' than any. other game, probably, to experiments, as a hitter, Nevertheless, perience, he may develop' primarily as a batsman. He ought to be a Jessop before he is a Barnes, 'There can scarcely be any doubt that. the worl id's best. left-handed golfer second time in three' years, gi, Nettlefold, who, for the has hade a clean sweep of the che ionsbips in Tasm Femembered th be not only di he carry off both the open and the amateur titles, but he was also one of the winners of the men's and the mixed foursomes.
Tt seems to be one of the charac-of golfers who stand on the ies and a. close study of wrong" side of the ball that th finer points. It was Mr. Stoop himwwe & tendency to be rather wil about self whose origination of the open, or Harlequin, style of play amore ish amateur championship, showed Wel English terms was ended, by the Ish. supremacy. in the field, that he was no exception to this attention to tactics can. do thi rule, "Otherwise "undoubtedly "he ike that it is time the English wave got further than the Tien bestirred themselves once again—this time for the sake of saving The Arsenal stadium at Highbury the game from becoming ordinary. amongst the "high society" of football grounds. Tt has neatly as It is disconcerting, to say the nm) te 0 te vy, ied jlackfmirers asa very popular its methods Thich might be a good heath 'Rugby Club varies—not_in ome weeks are specially busy social weeks for it. "On one day' recently, for example, the man-thing), but in the quality of the lager, Mr. Tterbert Chapman, con. play taken as a whole, Nor is the ducted -a' party. of representative lub content to: vary yom mate 9 European footballers and managers fmatehy it needs. must, be "variable over the Arsenal's enviable. pre-even from minute to minute. Every Inises, while scenes "were being club, of course, has its ups and "hot for @ Soccer film, "A goal downs, but few go to the extent (as Blackheath have done) of beat was scored, and sound films sere made of the wild cheering of a ing the unbonten Cardiff and then fy ndful of spectators. The letting Newport win their first Which" would hat match of the season at their ex-almost, to a. 40, pense. much curiosity locally.
Blackheath's recent, fixture with Leicester was a good example Having got into their ropes how the former team varies in one perspective the shocks received from fame. First Leicester had things Austria, English Association foot-all their own way, and then Blackball enthusiasts are turning their heath would be on top; and so they thoughts to the match with Scotland alternated right through, After April, This, Englane missing. two of the easiest kicks lather football international imaginable, Black cheered up the won easily if Wales is to "Heath" by landing a. penalty" gool for the championship. Perha when his side wore five points be-Mother Country will learn the let hind, 'Then, to cap the whole thing, sons taught by the Austrians. Blackheath finished up victors of 'The experiment which has just match Which, on the rin of the play, been made in England of playing they ought to have' lost.
Rugby football by floodlight must be written down as a success, Thi a Davis Cup, termi is particularly interesting.in view layer and asa partner of the fact that the first game of Dr. Gregory, 1G. Collins now football to be played under such' one on to' the racecourse a conditions—an Association jockey, He is. to ride, his own the Tottenham Hotspur rae, Home Ruler, in. the Begin-was reckoned, quite definite ners' Hurdle race' at Plumption. a failure. In fact, it caused the 'Thus Collins adds' yet another to Football "Association to issue an his list' of sporting achievements, official ban on such games under Besides his termi is an en: its rules. thusiastic cricketer, having played 'The Rugby game wi for Scotland, and also is good at nearly ten thousand at the White fi. he Intent in Hunting them yy. 'The white ball was easier Slight, of course, upon his In Wonttre and°has he Game' to make one daylight. ie" But lawn tennis isis main theme. Last season one of Collins the spectator, the faces of playa She great. Henri, Cochet when the rettest moments wan when he beat bers when they we of the field, but weather conditions Iatior was the favourite "for the were not ideal on that occasion. singles championship at Wimbledon.
The floodlighting experiment. was thoro some. sort of connection made by the Rugby League. It is tween the court and the course? pity that there wore not_more Jone might Rugby Unionists at the White City, 'Theos forthe play was very clever indeed. The game is, in fact, decidedly more 'Gu Lysaght, who is' cousin of attractive than that played by the arlene Seley, of hat nam, Rugby Union clubs. The superior] activities "awn can, "faving mainly. confined his sporting fitness of the men demands that the rules should encourage speedy play, Sxtord. "5..." has come to, the amed hig Blue for that game, a whereas football as played" by fore recently, however, by giving Rugby Union amateurs, cannot be made faster. For spectacular apcompetitors in the amateur squash rackets championship a surprise.
Beal, therefore, it cannot be compared with the' League game.
He has not been playing that game 'There is far less profit for Rugby very long, but his hitting was robust League players than for Association and forceful, and made the, Bath football professionals; most Rugby Glub "sit up' and. take notice." men follow their ordinary profes-should develop into a really good sions, One of the Leeds, centre, player. "He hits the ball beautifully A. F, O'Rourke, played the same cleanly. It is a good thing he is code for Sydney' University. He is fall, for his full swing and follow-appearing regularly asa Rugby through, which are so. powerful on Leaguer while studying for a de-the tennis court, might be danger-gree. He was, incidentally, one of ous inthe confined space of a the six Australians who appeared Packets court, if they did not pass the White City experimental ever most men's heads.
Tt was only four years ago that match, That game was Watched by a number, of Association men, who. a certain cricket expert was Giled with enthusiasm for ¢ youngster, had to. admit that it was success then still at school, who had spent 'Much excitement was caused in month on that, most delightful 'Mincing Lane, the home of Colonial cricket ground, Sidmouth, hitting Produce firms, on the occasion of and Sundry' into the sea. The Rugby match' on Guy's Hospital e's dictum that "the boy, wil Jeround between brokers and deal-play for England" already has been ers in the tea trade. The brokers proved true, up to a point. For were chosen. from eleven firms, that boy was F. R. Brown, who, while the dealers? team represented although not yet chosen as an Eng-thirteen firms. The referee was and player, 18 now touring Aus-[E. C. P. Whiteley, the Old Alleynian tralia with the M.C.C, internat 'During this. tour, the frst time This was the first Rugby match Brown got really going, though he arranged by' the tea trade in Eng-has not, perhaps, had' many op-Jand since 1884. When the China portunities, at "Wagga Wagga. and Indian sections played each ere, as in this schoolboy days at other, Since then, China has fallen Sidmouth, the ground did not apinto the background, The two main pear to be big enough for this resections of the trade are now the Markable batsman. Yet Brown was brokers, who chiefly are responsible chosen for the M.C.C. tour as a {for selling the tea for the producers, bowler, so. that one can hardly ex-Jand the dealers; who buy at the pect him to be a consistent success weekly auctions. recent year, Dan Bryce Stone Clean Singles Sweep Follows #0ubles against Shanghai. ford and London Scottish) and only a very short time, Donald tefferces games regularly, and, of the Jother three selectors, Mf. A. "Allan F. J. C. Moffat refereed international matches last season, while Scott handles the chief Scottish fixture every week.
Whether a selector sees more of what he looks for when acting as fa referee than he docs from the stand is a moot point. It is probes
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